The Glasgow Commonwealth Games kicked off on
Wednesday night in spectacular fashion, showcasing some iconic Scottish cliches. Danny Boyles London 2012 extravaganza was always going to be a tough act to follow and to the credit of
the Glasgow 2014 organisers they didn’t attempt to replicate it. Instead a steady stream of tartan, bagpipes,
Tunnocks teacakes and a parade of Scottish achievements is what viewers and
spectators were treated to. This was
Glasgow in full party mode and in typical Glaswegian style nothing was taking
too seriously but instead with a great sense of humour and fun. An amazing way to kick off the next ten days
of sport and celebration in the city and we are looking forward to seeing what
there is to come.

DANCERS PERFORMING DURING THE COMMONWEALTH OPENING CEREMONY

A TUNNOCKS TEACAKE DURING THE PERFORMANCE

DAY 1

There was devastating
news from the England camp yesterday morning with Mo Farah issuing a
statement saying that due to sickness he would not be competing in this years
games. A blow to the Games organisers and the cities
athletic enthusiasts for whom, having Farah race would've been brilliant to
see. As they say though the Games must
go on and go on they did. With success
in Judo for Scottish duo Kimberley and Louise Renicks both winning gold. Louise came by PSL shortly before the games to
have some printing done and talked about the excitement and build up there is before
such a huge competition. It’s great to see the pressure didn't get to her and
she came away with a really well deserved victory.

KIMBERLEY & LOUISE RENICKS WITH THEIR GOLD MEDALS

There was
also success in the Triathlon for England’s Alistair Brownlee and Jodie
Stimpson who both managed to clinch Gold medals and more success for Bradley
Wiggins at The Chris Hoy Velodrome winning silver in the team pursuit. Cycling is steadily growing in popularity and
here at PSL we are working hard on developing our range of cycling products,
already stocking kit for The VC Glasgow South cycling club VC Glasgow South

Maybe the biggest stories of the day though came from the pool. With Scottish swimmer Hannah Mylie exceeding
all expectations by securing gold in the 400metre Individual Medley after a
stunning swim which kept us all on the edge of our seats. There were celebrations also for the Scottish
men with Michael Jamieson achieving silver and Ross Murdoch securing Gold in
the 200metre breaststroke.

HANNAH MILEY RECEIVING HER GOLD MEDAL LAST NIGHT

Perhaps our
favourite moment of the night was Murdochs look of total shock after seeing
what he had managed to do, mouthing “ **** me”, a truly Scottish response.

ROSS MURDOCHS SHOCK REACTION TO WINNING GOLD

A really fantastic day of sport with many
twists, turns and shocks. We are gearing
up for a day of printing Uganda 7’s shirts in time for Saturday’s 7’s
event. As well as watching the Scottish
Men’s Hockey Preliminary MA match today at 11:00 and Scottish Women’s
Preliminary WB match at 16:00 to see some PSL designed gear in action! Make sure to tune in and support our guys and
girls!

On a final note check out our favourite selfie
of the day, a photo bomb of two of the Australian Hockey players and the
Queen. If you have any great pictures from the Games then please get them into
us at Vicky@pslteamsports.com